* BeamMeUpScotty: Visual example: Several Bond fans remember Dolly having braces, to coordinate with Jaws' metal teeth. Some even claim that DigitalDestruction erased the braces from more recent ''Moonraker'' prints, although Dolly's actress denies the character ever wearing any. One possible explanation for this misconception involves the oldest VHS having a bit of static appear over Dolly's lips, which might have resembled braces.* CaliforniaDoubling: Weird inversion: Bond is flown to Drax's base in California (aerial plates shot in the US) and lands on a castle which "Drax ordered to be brought from France" (shot at an actual castle, Vaux-le-Vicomte, in France, of course).* CompletelyDifferentTitle:** ''Moonrocket'' (Finland)** ''007 Against The Death Rocket'' (Brazil & Portugal)** ''Moonraker: Operation Space'' (Italy, Croatia)** ''Moonraker: Top Secret'' (Germany)** ''Moonraker: Space Mission'' (Latin America) ** ''007 Seizes The Space Station'' (China)* CreatorBacklash: While certainly not the Bond film of which he's most ashamed (that would be ''Film/AViewToAKill''), Creator/RogerMoore has often made fun of himself and this movie for the absurdity of the plot.* DeletedScene: The crew had shot a scene with Drax meeting his co-financiers in his jungle lair and they used the same chamber room below the space shuttle launch pad that Bond and Goodhead eventually escape from. This scene was shot but later cut out. Another scene involving Bond and Goodhead in a meditation room aboard Drax's space station, was shot but never used in the final film.* TheDanza: Corinne Clery as Corinne Dufour.* FakeNationality: ** The Chinese Chang is played by Japanese actor Toshirō Suga.** The Brazilian Manuela is played by Aruban-Dutch actress Emily Bolton.* FollowTheLeader: The film was was made during the space science-fiction craze that was kicked off by ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]''.* FountainOfExpies: Jaws tends to be one one of the most referenced ''James Bond'' henchmen in media, alogside maybe Oddjob from ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.* TheOtherMarty: Brazilian actress Adele Fátima was cast as Manuela, and she shot some minor scenes with Creator/RogerMoore around Sugar Loaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro. She was later recast by Emily Bolton, with her own scenes deleted from the final cut.* ProductionNickname: Creator/RogerMoore nicknamed his gondola the "Bondola".* RealitySubtext: Creator/RogerMoore's distaste at the quail hunting scene is quite genuine. In his autobiography, Moore expresses an extreme dislike for bloodsports and a reticence about guns.* RecursiveAdaptation: The film is [[InNameOnly so unrelated]] to [[Literature/{{Moonraker}} the novel]] that it received a {{Novelization}}.* RecycledScript: The film is very much a rehash of ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', only [-IN SPACE!-] instead of underwater. Several scenes and plot beats, including the villain's EvilPlan, are pretty much the same.* RefittedForSequel: The fight in the glass factory was originally meant for ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', where it was a fight in a museum. * UnintentionalPeriodPiece:** Before he orders her and Bond to be executed, Drax tells Holly [[FalseReassurance "Your desire to become America's first woman in space will shortly be fulfilled"]], which points itself to pre-1983, when Sally Ride became the first female American astronaut.** An inversion (though only at the time of its release): at the time ''Moonraker'' was made, NASA was intending to launch its first space shuttle in 1979, which would have made the film very timely. Unfortunately, NASA had to delay the launch for two years, rendering the film unexpectedly something that was before its time. Even more so now that the Space Shuttle has been retired as of 2011; in this film it is headlined and touted as the pinnacle of human spaceflight, with none of its viable replacements yet ready to succeed it. * WhatCouldHaveBeen:** Creator/JamesMason was considered for the part of Drax, but turned it down. Michael Lonsdale was likely selected due to the movie's French financing (and he does sound somewhat like Mason).** Carole Bouquet was slated to play Holly Goodhead before she had to turn it down, only to play the Bond girl in the next film, ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.** [[Series/CharliesAngels Jaclyn Smith]] was offered the role of Holly Goodhead, but she turned it down.** [[Film/{{Emmanuelle}} Sylvia Kristel]] reportedly auditioned for the role of Corinne Dufour.** Music/KateBush and Creator/FrankSinatra were asked to sing the title song, but they declined. Music/JohnnyMathis was attached, but dropped out. Sinatra was also offered the role of Drax.** The woman with General Gogol was originally supposed to be Anya Amasova from ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''.** The original script contained scenes that ended up in future Bond films - an Arcostar Minijet, knife throwing twins (''{{Film/Octopussy}}'') and a parachute jump from The Eiffel Tower (''Film/AViewToAKill'').** Early script and storyboards for the movie reveal another character who was ultimately dropped from the picture, a sidekick villain henchman called Ratz, who was involved in the cable car sequence with Jaws.